Mike Ayers Quotations

We were coming back (in 2002) and not a lot of guys were heralded as big time players and we were flying under the radar. Things start happening, we gain some momentum, win a couple of big ball games, you never know.

Somber few weeks there. It's just good to get a win. Hopefully, we can do it again (today).

My head was turned toward the puck and I saw him out of the corner of my eye. He got a pass, the puck was in front of him. I don't think it was a dirty hit. Stuff like that is going to happen in this game.

Just all muscle-related stuff in my neck and back. Nothing was broken, thank God.

Offensively, we just didn't execute at the level that we needed to. There were too many bad snaps and too many guys taking wrong steps, and that's a problem. And we just didn't play with the intensity that we needed to.

They should never trade a guy like that, because every night he puts it on the line. He's fun to watch, especially how small he is and how he dominates.

It's a pretty day, but the football wasn't as pretty as we would have liked.

I'm not really an injury type of guy. This year it seems like I'm getting the brunt of it.

I know it sparks me. Just seeing him run around and be a goof. He hits people, fights people, then jokes about it in the locker room. He's a character guy, an energy guy.

Hopefully, with a combination of the guys who do return and the freshmen, we'll come up with that right chemistry, that type of closeness and oneness that great teams have.